The syndrome of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy has long been recognized clinically.The exact mechanism of how RSD develops is inadequately understood. The theories include irritation and abnormal excitation of nervous tissue, leading to abnormal impulses along nerves that affect blood vessels and skin. The brain seems to be involved and therefore the diseases may affect the peripheral nervous system (PNS). Writings in this book bring an insight and guidelines for future clinical research studies. Description and images by ©powerofDreams

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (Current Management of Pain)

Wilfrid Jänig

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Persistent pain is a common and frustrating problem for individuals involved in patient care. Among the most challenging pain syndromes are those associated with sympathetic nervous system abnormalities. These include reflex sympathetic dystrophy, causalgia, sympathetically maintained pain, shoulder-hand syndrome, and a variety of neuropathic pains. This volume represents the combined efforts of distinguished clinicians and basic scientists to achieve a synthesis of current knowledge relating the basic neural mechanisms of pain and sympathetic function, the clinical characteristics, and the diagnosis of these pain syndromes. This concise review of the problem will be helpful to health care professionals who deal with chronic pain patients and to neuroscientists working in the areas of visceral, musculoskeletal, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain.

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: A Reappraisal (Progress in Pain Research and Management Series)

Michael D. Stanton-Hicks

Medical Books

IASP Press

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